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Émile Zola
THERESE RAQUIN.
Paris, Librairie internationale; Brussels, Leipzig, Livorno, La Croix, Verboeckhoven & Co., 1868.
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THERESE RAQUIN.
Paris, Librairie internationale; Brussels, Leipzig, Livorno, La Croix, Verboeckhoven & Co., 1868.
In-12, (2) leaves, 309 pp. Contemporary Bradel binding in lemon-coloured half-maroquin with corner pieces, title and author’s name gilded on the spine, original cover preserved [Carayon] (a few very slight foxing spots).
A “fairly rare” volume (Clouzot).
The story of an affair that leads to murder, then madness and suicide, Thérèse Raquin is a naturalist novel exploring passions and the influence of environment and heredity.
In an elegant morocco binding by Carayon.
First edition for which no large-format copies were printed; cover dated 1867 as indicated by Clouzot (title page dated 1868).